Erec

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Arthurian knight fictional character literary character

Erec is a knight of King Arthur’s court and the chivalric hero of Chrétien de Troyes’ romance "Erec and Enide," known for his adventures testing love, honor, and knighthood.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Erec canonical	5
Erec (Hartmann von Aue)	1
Erec is a knight of the Round Table	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8897660 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Erec
Context triple: [Chrétien de Troyes' Arthurian romances, mainCharacter, Erec]

A. Gauvain
Gauvain is a noble and idealistic young revolutionary who serves as one of the central figures in Victor Hugo’s novel "Quatrevingt-treize," embodying the moral and political conflicts of the French Revolution.
B. Lancelot
Lancelot is the codename of Roxy Morton, a skilled Kingsman agent in the "Kingsman" film series.
C. Perceval
Perceval is a surname most notably associated with Spencer Perceval, the only British prime minister to have been assassinated while in office.
D. Perceval
Perceval is a legendary knight of Arthurian romance best known for his quest for the Holy Grail and his role in medieval French and Welsh tales.
E. Sir Lancelot
Sir Lancelot is one of the most famous Knights of the Round Table in Arthurian legend, renowned for his unmatched prowess in battle and his tragic love affair with Queen Guinevere.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Erec
Target entity description: Erec is a knight of King Arthur’s court and the chivalric hero of Chrétien de Troyes’ romance "Erec and Enide," known for his adventures testing love, honor, and knighthood.

A. Gauvain
Gauvain is a noble and idealistic young revolutionary who serves as one of the central figures in Victor Hugo’s novel "Quatrevingt-treize," embodying the moral and political conflicts of the French Revolution.
B. Lancelot
Lancelot is the codename of Roxy Morton, a skilled Kingsman agent in the "Kingsman" film series.
C. Perceval
Perceval is a surname most notably associated with Spencer Perceval, the only British prime minister to have been assassinated while in office.
D. Perceval
Perceval is a legendary knight of Arthurian romance best known for his quest for the Holy Grail and his role in medieval French and Welsh tales.
E. Sir Lancelot
Sir Lancelot is one of the most famous Knights of the Round Table in Arthurian legend, renowned for his unmatched prowess in battle and his tragic love affair with Queen Guinevere.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Arthurian knight ⓘ fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ
appearsIn	Erec and Enide ⓘ linked to: Erec et Enide Erec et Enide ⓘ
associatedWith	Enide ⓘ Guinevere ⓘ linked to: Queen Guinevere King Arthur ⓘ Round Table ⓘ linked to: mythical Round Table of Camelot
characterRole	protagonist ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	France ⓘ
createdBy	Chrétien de Troyes ⓘ
fictionalUniverse	Matter of Britain ⓘ
form	verse narrative ⓘ
genre	Arthurian romance ⓘ chivalric romance ⓘ
hasAdaptation	Erec (Hartmann von Aue) ⓘ linked to: Erec
hasTitleRoleIn	Erec and Enide ⓘ linked to: Erec et Enide
heroType	courtly knight ⓘ
influenced	Middle High German romance "Erec" by Hartmann von Aue ⓘ later Arthurian romance tradition ⓘ
languageOfWork	Old French ⓘ
literaryPeriod	12th century literature ⓘ
medium	medieval romance ⓘ
memberOf	King Arthur's court ⓘ
moralDimension	tests of courage ⓘ tests of loyalty ⓘ tests of perseverance ⓘ
narrativeFunction	exemplifies ideal knightly behavior ⓘ explores balance between love and knightly duty ⓘ
notableFor	marital fidelity trials ⓘ quest adventures ⓘ testing love, honor, and knighthood ⓘ
occupation	knight ⓘ
partner	Enide ⓘ
partOf	Arthurian legend ⓘ
serves	King Arthur ⓘ
setting	Camelot ⓘ
spouse	Enide ⓘ
themeInvolvement	chivalric code ⓘ courtly love ⓘ honor ⓘ marriage ⓘ reputation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chrétien de Troyes' Arthurian romances → mainCharacter → Erec ⓘ

Enide → spouseOf → Erec ⓘ

Enide → appearsIn → Erec ⓘ

Enide → partnerInQuestWith → Erec ⓘ

Erec et Enide → mainCharacter → Erec ⓘ

Erec et Enide → protagonistRole → Erec is a knight of the Round Table ⓘ

linked to: Erec

Erec → hasAdaptation → Erec (Hartmann von Aue) ⓘ